Digital SAT Suite: Higher Ed Resources
In 2023, the SAT Suite of Assessments began transitioning to an all-digital platform. To support leaders in higher education, this page will be updated with resources that will help you navigate the changes, and inform your conversations with stakeholders including prospective students, counselors, and campus colleagues.
Please be sure to also visit the digital SAT Suite website for additional information and resources. Visit our Score Reporting Resources page for electronic score report data layouts and sample files that your IT and operations teams can use to prepare for receiving digital SAT score reports.
Digital SAT
Digital SAT
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Digital SAT Updates for Higher Ed Webinar
This webinar recording discusses the first full year of digital testing and highlights our research team as they review two comprehensive concordance studies, vertical scaling studies, and an early predictive validity study for the digital SAT.
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College Board Digital SAT Suite Concordance and Vertical Scaling Studies
Concordance and vertical scaling studies comparing digital SAT to the paper and pencil test
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Digital SAT Access and Accessibility
The transition of the SAT Suite of Assessments to a digital format offers universal accessibility tools, device lending, and increased international testing opportunities while maintaining its core purpose of measuring students' college and career readiness.
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Digital SAT® Research Summary
Over the past several years, content experts, psychometricians, and researchers have been hard at work developing, refining, and studying the digital SAT. This paper shares key learnings from research studies that have informed the design and development of the digital SAT and our understanding of how well the assessment is working for its intended uses.
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Digital SAT® Pilot Predictive Validity Study – A Comprehensive Analysis of First-Year College Outcomes
This student analyzed relationships between digital SAT scores and early college outcomes, including first-year GPA, particular course grades, and course credits earned.
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What Higher Ed Needs to Know
This two-page PDF offers a concise overview of the all-digital SAT and PSAT assessments. It includes a summary of what will and will not change, a timeline for the rollout, and a preview of the research and validity studies that will take place throughout 2022.
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Higher Education Brief: Classic Learning Test Concordance with the SAT
Read this fact sheet to learn more about recent legislation in Florida related to the Classic Learning Test (CLT).
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The Digital SAT Suite of Assessments Specifications Overview
See a high-level summary of the test specifications, focused on the information most relevant for students and educators.
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Digital SAT Sample Questions and Answer Explanations
Download digital SAT sample question and answer explanations to help review your students' performance by content domain.
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Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite
See the full test specifications, including details about content domains, scoring, adaptive testing methodology, and the strong research foundation on which the suite is built.
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Digital SAT Scores and Reports
A step-by-step guide to help campuses prepare now for scores from the digital SAT which will begin arriving Fall 2022. In this document, we explain what is changing and what is not, and the actions that you need to take now to be sure you're ready.
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How-To-Guide: Moving from SAT® Test Level to Section Level Score Use
When the digital SAT launches, we will no longer provide test level scores for Reading, Writing and Language, and Math. This document will help you understand how to use section scores for admissions and enrollment decisions going forward.
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Transitioning to a Digital SAT: Primer for Faculty and Campus Leaders
In response to requests from our higher education members, we're releasing a brief primer that gives additional details on our research agenda suitable for sharing with faculty and other campus leaders. This document goes more deeply to include details on the studies, timelines, and frequently asked questions.
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Digital SAT Slide for Counselors and Students
Colleges want to assure students and counselors that the shift to digital assessments will not impact their current test score policies, or how they use the SAT. This slide can be used to support those conversations.
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